Category: Business News

• NYC’s pay transparency bill requires companies to give minimum and maximum salaries in job ads.
• Some businesses are opposing the mandate and say it should have never been allowed to go through.
• “It’s just the wrong solution,” the chief executive of the Partnership for New York City, told WSJ.

Job postings in New York City will soon have to include salary range as part of a new pay transparency bill. But as The Wall Street Journal reported, some business groups are unhappy with the mandate.

The New York City Human Rights Law makes it unlawful for companies to advertise a “job, promotion, or transfer opportunity” without giving the minimum and maximum salary for the role. 

Some companies are exempt, however, including those with fewer than four employees.

Partnership for New York City, a business group that builds partnerships between business and government, have opposed the law,

• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a stock disclosure that she sold up to $15,000 worth of Activision stock on January 18.
• Microsoft’s announced plans to acquire video-game giant Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion on the same day.
• Activision’s stock soared that day, and Greene reported at least $200 in capital gains from the sale.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a stock disclosure indicating she sold up to $15,000 worth of Activision Blizzard stock on January 18 — the day news broke of plans for the video game company to be purchased by Microsoft.

Greene reported at least $200 in

capital gains

on the sale on the disclosure form, which she filed with Thursday with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. It was not immediately clear how much Greene — a freshman Republican from Georgia and one of Congress’ most polarizing members — pocketed from the

• Chinese officials have hired a US-based media firm to help promote China and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
• Vippi Media signed a $300,000 deal to employ influencers to create content across TikTok, Instagram, and Twitch.
• The contract comes amid complicated bilateral relations between the US and China over human rights issues.

The Chinese government is turning to social media influencers to help improve its tarnished image ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games next month in Beijing. 

Vippi Media, a New Jersey-based firm, signed a $300,000 contract with the Chinese consulate general in New York to organize a social media campaign that promotes positive messaging about China and the Beijing Games on TikTok, Instagram, and

Twitch

.

The agreement, registered with the US Department of Justice, began in November and runs through March 2022, when the Winter Paralympics ends. 

The contract comes as President Joe Biden

BURLINGAME (KPIX) — The city of Burlingame is moving forward with a plan to put a fee structure in place for businesses that want to continue operating parklets.

Starting April 1, businesses that choose to keep parklets will be responsible to pay the city a $1,500 annual rent fee along with a $250 monthly cleaning fee. In total, it would cost a business around $4,500 to have a parklet.

“We set up the parklets as an emergency measure to allow businesses some relief during the pandemic,” said Mayor Ricardo Ortiz. “That was an emergency measure. Now, we’re coming up for a more permanent arrangement.”

However, some business owners tell KPIX they’ll have to stop using their parklets because it will cost too much.

“After this decision came up from the city council, we looked at our budget and our numbers — we really couldn’t afford it,” said Kemal Polat, of

FULTON — Since 1932, McIntire Florist has served Fulton residents in need of floral arrangements.

“A beautiful, mixed, colorful arrangement is Fulton’s go-to bouquet,” Sara Beth McIntire-Clapp said.

Four generations of the McIntire family owned and operated the store, which has been located on the corner of St. Louis Ave. and Market St. off Business Highway 54 since 1946. Robert McIntire, who represents the fourth era of McIntire ownership, is handing McIntire Florist to new hands.

Lifelong Callaway County residents Clint and Shauna Smith are taking over the small business, and they’ve already brought some new life into the Fulton mainstay.

“Just a new facelift,” Clint Smith said. “[We will] probably bring a few more items that’d make you want to walk into the store and not just call over the phone.”

But, they’re still preserving the McIntire name and the family charm of the storied business.

“We definitely wanted